Aviation News Releases Magazine – Wednesday, January 19, 2011

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HOUSTON — Two Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Stationwill conduct a spacewalk Friday, Jan. 21, to prepare the complex forfuture assembly and experiment work. The spacewalk will air live onNASA Television beginning at 8 a.m. CST.Expedition 26 Flight Engineers Dmitry Kondratyev and Oleg Skripochkawill perform the six-hour spacewalk.They will install an experimentalRussian radio…

American Airlines becomes the first U.S. airline to order the 777-300ERSEATTLE, Jan. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) and American Airlines today announced the Fort Worth, Texas-based carrier has exercised options for two 777-300ERs (extended range). “American Airlines is an industry leader whose vision and disciplined approach to growth has made it one of the largest airlines in…

Bombardier today announced the release of its opening statement of financial position as at February 1, 2010, as well as its first and second quarter results of fiscal year 2010-11 (year ending January 31, 2011), based on IFRS. As previously announced, Bombardier will be reporting on June 1, 2011 its first full set of consolidated financial statements prepared under IFRS, starting with the…

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 19, 2011 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced that it has named Robert E. Verbeck, 51, chief financial officer of its $34 billion (2009 revenues) Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) business. He succeeds Randy Simons, who is retiring. “In our business, we have to keep building momentum around our strong performance culture to best serve our customers and…

By Robert Wall LONDON — U.K. military officials are preparing plans to bridge capability gaps that have emerged out of last year’s Strategic Defense and Security Review (SDSR) even as they brace for further cuts to plug remaining funding shortfalls. On the agenda for a Jan. 25 meeting are issues such as how to transition carrier strike…

By Andrew Compart Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson said Jan. 18 that he expects it will take Delta “the better part of the year” to choose a manufacturer or manufacturers for its potentially massive narrowbody fleet order, but he also made it clear that Boeing could have a tougher sell to make than its competitors. Anderson praised…

By Frank Morring, Jr.Washington Engineers and managers at NASA are sure to change their new reference vehicle designs for the government’s next heavy-lift and human-spaceflight vehicles, because they’re already saying they don’t have enough money to carry them out. But key senators are insisting that they do. Congress and President Barack…

By Andrew Compart Delta Air Lines says it issued a request for proposals from aircraft manufacturers in late December for the “potential replacement” of 100 to 200 domestic narrowbody aircraft, with options for as many as 200 more. Delta, which disclosed the RFP in its weekly news line for employees and CEO Richard Anderson’s weekly…

By Paul McLearyWashington One could say that during the first decade of the century, nowhere has the intersection of globalization, organized crime and political violence been more fully realized than in Central and South America. While cartel violence in Mexico captures global headlines—more than 30,000 drug-related murders since 2006—the…

By Kerry Lynch At the request of FAA, the Federal Communications Commission last week formally halted a prohibition on the certification, manufacture, sale or use of emergency locator transmitters (ELT) that use the 121.5 MHz frequency. FCC had called for the prohibition after the international Cospas-Sarsat organization announced in 2000…

Maximus Air Cargo, Abu Dhabi Aviation’s cargo arm, said on Wednesday it is investing AED350 million dirhams (USD$95 million) to buy three Airbus A300-600 jets and convert them into freighters as it expands its operations …

American Airlines, which is battling third-party ticket sellers over distribution costs and methods, on Tuesday said it has reached a deal with Priceline to use American’s direct connect technology to access fares …